Kick-off meeting Norther

17.01.2018

Thursday January 11th, 2018 the secretaries Coast Guard were present at a kick-off meeting regarding the Norther offshore windpark, together with various coast guard partners. The meeting was presided by Captain Gyssens of the Maritime Rescue and Coordination Centre (MRCC) of our coast guard partner Shipping Assistance Division. In the spring of this year, construction of the wind farm will begin so as to be operational in 2019. After completion, the wind farm will have an installed power of 350 Megawatts and will be the biggest offshore project in Belgium. It will be built at approximately 22 kilometres from the Belgian coast, within a zone southeast of the Thornton Bank, alongside the border with the Netherlands and will provide sustainable energy for about 350 000 households.